Financial Institutions - Overview

The Donnelly Penman team specializes in advising financial institutions and has extensive experience in advising our clients on capital raising initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial advisory services. Since 2000, our bankers have been responsible for over 145 successful transactions in the financial services industry.

Our in-depth knowledge of the sector and industry relationships allows us to provide outstanding value to our clients. We have worked with both large and small firms, and have handled virtually every type of financing and advisory assignment. The financing assignments we have handled include the following:

Private sale of common stock through Regulation D/Rule 147 sales and bank offerings

Public equity offerings

Shareholder rights offerings

De Novo bank initial offerings

In addition to assisting financial institutions in raising capital, the professionals at DP&P have had a track record of success in advising these companies on a wide range of financial matters, including:

Our investment bankers have represented financial institutions as large as $14 billion and as small as $40 million, in addition to representing banks as a sales agent in De Novo stock offerings. We have advised institutions throughout the financial services industry, including:

Commercial Banks & Thrifts

Mortgage Banking

Specialty Finance

In December 2005, Donnelly Penman & Partners formed Donnelly Penman Capital LLC to act as general partner for the Donnelly Penman Financial Services Fund, LP. Donnelly Penman Financial Services Fund, LP is a private equity fund focused on investing in community banks. Currently, the fund has 5 positions in 5 states. Further information is available at www.bank-fund.com.